NHTSA Complaint #11171745 — 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT

IT STARTING HAVING FLASHING DASHBOARD LIGHTS ONCE AS I WAS DRIVING IT JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM MY HOME THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED ALL GAUGES GO EVERYWHERE UP DOWN OR STOP IT LOOKS LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE! AND BEFORE THE GEAR SHIFT HAD SOME CLICKING AT TIMES. THE CLICKING STARTED THEN THE GAUGES STARTED GOING ALL OVER AND THE SPEED WAS ALL OVER THEN DROPPED TO 0 NOT TO MOVE AGAIN. IT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS BUT AS TIME GOES ON IT'S GETTING REALLY BAD I'VE KEPT LOOKING FOR RECALLS AS DID MY MOTHER AS SHE HAD THE CAR BEFORE MY OWNING IT. IT NOW DOES THIS ANYTIME AND THE STEERING STOPS WORKING WITH NO NOTICE OR IF IT'S NOT WORKING AND TRYING TO PULL OVER AS IT DID ON AN ON-RAMP IT KICKED ON AND MADE THE CAR JUMP INTO SIDE LANE ABOUT HALF WAY INTO THAT LANE. HAD IT BEEN A TWO LANE ROAD AND A CAR COMING TOWARDS ME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DEAD HEAD HEAD ON COLLISION AS IT TAKES TIME AND A LOT OF POWER TO MOVE THE CAR WHEN THE STEERING IS LIKE A 1950 TRACTOR IN A WET FIELD! I HAVE BACK ISSUES AND DON'T HAVE THE UPPER ARM STRENGTH THAT IT REALLY NEEDS. THERE IN NO REAL WARNING WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT SOMETIMES I HEAR A CLICK AND IT HAPPENS A FEW SECONDS LATER. ALSO THE INTERIOR LIGHTS EVERY ONE THROUGH INSIDE OF THE CAR STOPPED WORKING ABOUT 3 MONTHS WHEN MY PARENTS BOUGHT THE CAR USED BACK IN JUNE 08 THEY HAVE NEVER WORKED SINCE. IT HAD LIKE 23,000 MILES ON IT ROUGHLY. THEY WAS IN MIDDLE 60S BACK THEN. IT'S NOW A FAMILY CAR AND IT'S SCARY TO HAVE TO DRIVE IT BUT I'VE GOT MONEY IN IT I CAN'T AFFORD A REPLACEMENT NOW. I HAVE VIDEO OF WHAT IT DOES. I JUST HAVE VIDEOS NO PICTURES.